From the Flying Start author of Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour, a powerful novel about hope in the face of heartbreak.

Taylor
Edwards’ family might not be the closest-knit—everyone is a little too
busy and overscheduled—but for the most part, they get along
just fine. Then Taylor’s dad gets devastating news, and her parents
decide that the family will spend one last summer all together at their
old lake house in the Pocono Mountains.

Crammed into a place much
smaller and more rustic than they are used to, they begin to get to
know each other again. And Taylor discovers that the people she thought
she had left behind haven’t actually gone anywhere. Her former best
friend is still around, as is her first boyfriend…and he’s much cuter at
seventeen than he was at twelve.

As the summer progresses
and the Edwards become more of a family, they’re more aware than ever
that they’re battling a ticking clock. Sometimes, though, there is just
enough time to get a second chance—with family, with friends, and with
love.

The Cover:

While I personally don't love this cover, and I think maybe it's the color and the font of the title, I do think it works. I think the image portrays the summer feel, kind of showing the balance between summer fun but also the underlying sadness. I think it's fitting.

Quotes:

"'Your childhood
friends are the ones that you should hang on to. They know you in a way that
nobody else does.’” (Paperback, pg. 72)

"But one thing that I
was learning about what happened when you stuck around—it usually seemed that
other people were willing to stick by you as well.” (Pg. 467)

Review:

While I did not
love this one as much as Since You’ve Been Gone, I did still really enjoy it. And it did also make me cry a little.

Taylor is spending
the summer with her family at their summer home, where they haven’t visited in
five years. Only the last time they were there, Taylor ruined things between
her best friend and her potential boyfriend. And now they’re back because her
father is sick.

I really liked the
friendship and romance in this book. I liked the friendship between Taylor and
Lucy, and how they slowly started to make it right between them. The same with
Taylor and Henry, who were super cute together. I also liked Taylor’s family,
and how they weren’t all that close at the beginning, but by the end they were
there for each other.

Taylor did annoy me
a little, with her tendency to run away. The angst of it has left me a little
annoyed, but it wasn’t that bad. And I liked where she was at the end.

It was the scenes,
and the feelings, between her and her father that made me cry. I can’t relate
completely to that, but just the thought of it is horrible, especially with all
the build-up. And then when it finally happened… Ugh, it was horribly sad and
incredibly well written.

This was another
excellent book, and I did really enjoy it. I look forward to her next one.

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Updates.

9/29/16 (re-edit)My review days are changing to Monday - Thursday. I'm planning to do reviews on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Tuesday will be Teasers, possibly with a little wishlist or catch-up included. I am currently moving, and have just started back in school. Third year of college, and working, and I am starting to have very little time for everything. I'm trying to keep up with this, though, on top of it all.

Thanks!-Jude

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